Hi Mike, I'd agree, but think of how many seniors/newbies you have among your client list. I can't tell you how many calls I get from customers who confess to being nearly clueless about the Internet & domain registrations. We do our best to provide as much guideance as we can to get them started.
I would hazard a guess that a whole bunch of these customers if they were to receive something like this that looks like it came from the Government and has their domain name on it will act. I agree that the Domain Name Expiration Notice from Verisign (new motto, "Verisign, destroying the Internet, one company at a time") is much more devious, but I think all of these scams need to be dealt with. I've heard rumblings that there may be a complain raised with the FTC concerning Verisign, but for now, our best defence is to educate our customers. Cheers, Doug. Quoting Mike Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > That's true, and that is our feelings as well. But the letter's that > they send out are just like banks for credit cards. Transfer your > current cards to use for a lower interest rate. This letter from > DomainRegistryofAmerica says you have the ability to transfer you > current domains to us for a lower annual fee if you would like to. (It > doesn't appear to be a deceptive transfer letter like Verisign is > practicing) it just states that you have the option to transfer to us > and if you are interested fill this form out. (Although DRofA annual > fee appears to be higher than all OpenSRS resellers charges ;) > > > -- > Mike Allen, 4CheapDomains.Net > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.4CheapDomains.Net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Petersen > To: Mike Allen ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 12:23 PM > Subject: Re: DomainRegistryofAmerica??? > > > Mike Allen Said: > >...If these guys are taking advantage of the who is then should we > take advantage of this opportunity and level the playing field?... > I think not... > If one guy goes out and hunts down a bad guy, does that make > vigilantism ok? Should we all start doing it? > We all need to get together on this, and put a stop to it. That's the > only way to truly "level the playing field". > If we were to try to keep up with these types of practices, we'd > always be at a major disadvantage being one step being anyway. > -Mark > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mike Allen > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 8:42 AM > Subject: DomainRegistryofAmerica??? > > > Anyone else been getting customers stating that these guys are > sending then renewal notices? They are not nearly as deceptive as the > Veri guys but they are a bit confused at first as to why they are > contacting them instead of us contacting them... I even received one > myself today for one of our domains! I assume they too are getting this > mailing info from the who-is directory.... > > Remember, we have only been involved in domain registrations for > about 8 months. I know what the Veri guys is doing is completely wrong, > but this letter from Domain Registry is not nearly as deceptive. What is > OpenSRS's view of Domain Registrys approach? Is this something that they > would recommend to stay competitive? If these guys are taking advantage > of the who is then should we take advantage of this opportunity and > level the playing field? > > If anyone has not received this letter from them and would like > to see it, please let me know as I will scan it and post it for a short > term on our server to be viewed... Things are changing in the > registration world at massive rates and we are simply trying to figure > out a way to increase sales but yet withhold proper ethics... > > > -- > Mike Allen, 4CheapDomains.Net > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.4CheapDomains.Net > >
